# Incident 20001216028859I: Beech V35B, Great Falls, MT, December 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2000, 12:20 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2054N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2054N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,352 total, 684 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001216028859I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PIC STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM GREAT FALLS, PILOT HEARD SOUND AND BRIEFLY HAD SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. HE RETURNED TO GREAT FALLS WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING AND VAPORS HAD FLASHED. THERE WAS NO SUSTAINED FIRE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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